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In the heart of Jerusalem’s downtown, marchers gathered to announce a new international organization dedicated to representing Russian Jews. The group has a tough task ahead as it seeks a leadership role among the fractious communities of Russian-speaking

MOSCOW, Sept. 9 (JTA)  When Israel’s then-prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, visited Moscow in 1994, he was widely booed by a group of Russian Jews who considered him a traitor for signing peace accords with the Palestinians. The protesters even tried to hurl rotten tomatoes at Rabin. But when current Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entered…